Niko Wanders
Physical Geography - Landscape functioning, geo-computation
Utrecht University
Netherlands
Biography
Niko Wanders was born on 29 November 1986 in Leiden, The Netherlands. In 2005 he started his Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Soil Water Atmosphere at Wageningen University. He continued his studies with a Master of Science (MSc) in Hydrology and Water Quality with a specialization in Hydrology and Quantitative Water Management. During his MSc education he worked on three European Commission projects related to drought: EC-WATCH, EC-XEROCHORE and Drought-R&SPI. In 2011 he started as a PhD researcher at the Department of Physical Geography, Faculty of Geosciences at Utrecht University. He worked on improving near real-time flood forecasting with satellite soil moisture observations using Bayesian data assimilation techniques. Results of his PhD study are implemented in the European Flood Awareness System of the EC-Joint Research Centre and contribute to improved flood forecasting. Together with the Hydrology and Quantitative Water Management Group in Wageningen University he worked on research related to (hydrological) drought.
Research Interest
drought
Publications
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Wanders, N. & Van Lanen, H. A J (10.03.2015). Future discharge drought across climate regions around the world modelled with a synthetic hydrological modelling approach forced by three general circulation models. Natural Hazards and Earth System Science, 15 (3), (pp. 487-504) (18 p.).
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Immerzeel, W. W., Wanders, N., Lutz, Arthur, Shea, J. M. & Bierkens, M. F. P. (2015). Reconciling high-altitude precipitation in the upper Indus basin with glacier mass balances and runoff. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 19 (11), (pp. 4673-4687).
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Lopez, Patricia Lopez, Wanders, Niko, Schellekens, Jaap, Renzullo, Luigi J., Sutanudjaja, Edwin H. & Bierkens, Marc F. P. (2016). Improved large-scale hydrological modelling through the assimilation of streamflow and downscaled satellite soil moisture observations. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 20 (7), (pp. 3059-3076) (18 p.).
